Home Office

Asylum: Deportation

Chris Stephens: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported on non-civilian aircraft in 2015.

Chris Stephens: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the public purse is of deporting a failed asylum seeker on a non-civilian chartered flight.

James Brokenshire: Since 1st January 2015, 1100 individuals have been returned to their country of origin on commercial aircraft chartered by the Home Office. The average cost per returnee in 2015 is currently £5,209.49 which includes aircraft charges, insurance and passenger duties. In considering the use of charters, account is taken of a number of factors including the availability of scheduled aircraft routes as well as the relative difficulty of removal in individual cases. Charter flight usage is monitored to ensure we are getting maximum value for money Please note that the figures regarding the number and average cost of returns are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information. They are therefore provisional and subject to change.

Human Trafficking

Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of human trafficking were located as a result of calls to the NSPCC helpline in the last year; what grant her Department provides towards this provision; what data her Department holds on follow-ups to each call; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley: The NSPCC is contracted by the Home Office to deliver a helpline that enables potential victims of modern slavery to access support services and advice. Between 31 July 2014 and 30 June 2015, 1,220 potential victims were identified by the helpline. 1,060 adult potential victims were identified and referred to the local police force; the Home Office does not hold information on the activity following this referral. 160 potential child victims were identified and were referred though the helpline to the NSPCC Child Trafficking Advice Centre. Each child referral is allocated to a social worker in the team to ensure each child is referred to Children’s Services and other relevant agencies, and that follow up advice is given. The Home Office funding for the contract is £50,000.

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to (a) Dame Fiona Woolf and (b) Baroness Butler-Sloss for their work on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Karen Bradley: Neither Dame Fiona Woolf nor Baroness Butler-Sloss has received any payment in relation to the independent panel inquiry into child sexual abuse.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Human Rights: Older People

Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to include the rights of older people in his Department's work on human rights and consider how such rights may be protected globally.

Mr David Lidington: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is responsible for coordinating cross-Government positions at the UN on the rights of older people. Our long-held position, shared with EU partners, is that the focus should be on the implementation of the existing Human Rights framework, which applies to all individuals without distinction.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Birmingham

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6219, which local spending bodies spend money for which the Permanent Secretary in his Department is the accounting officer.

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6219, which local spending bodies in the city of Birmingham spend money voted to his Department.

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6219, whether his Department holds information on (a) further education colleges, (b) apprenticeships providers, (c) local economic partnerships and (d) other local bodies which draw upon funds voted to his Department.

Joseph Johnson: “Local spending bodies” is not a term that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) uses. For the purposes of this answer we are therefore providing information on:   BIS partner organisations that have an office in Birmingham.   These bodies spend money voted to BIS and have the BIS Permanent Secretary as their ultimate accounting officer. The following such organisations have offices in Birmingham: · ACAS · Insolvency Service · Skills Funding Agency   The categories of body set out in PQ UIN 7817.   These bodies are part of the wider delivery chain and spend money voted to BIS that is allocated to these bodies through BIS Partner Organisations rather than from BIS directly. These bodies do not have the BIS Permanent Secretary as their accounting officer.   a) Further Education colleges and b) apprenticeships providers Details of further education providers and other training bodies receiving public funding are published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378355/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1314.xls   c) Local economic partnerships · The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Economic Partnership   d) Other local bodies which draw upon funds voted to his Department · Aston University · Birmingham City University · The University of Birmingham · University College Birmingham · Newman University · Energy Systems Catapult

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Living Wage

Chris Law: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.

Mr Edward Vaizey: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport pays all its directly employed staff the living wage and encourages all its sponsored bodies to pay the living wage as well. The department is currently exploring the Living Wage Accreditation with a view to a decision being made by the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

Betting Shops: Safety

Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of single manning in bookmakers on the safety and security of (a) staff and (b) customers.

Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission has a remit to promote safety in bookmakers for staff and customers as part of its work to promote responsible gambling.

Tracey Crouch: There are no plans to conduct an assessment of the effect of single manning in bookmakers.The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland. The Gambling Commission does not have a remit to promote safety in bookmakers for staff and customers.The Association of British Bookmakers’ (ABB) ‘Safe Bet Alliance’ provides specific guidance on staffing security in bookmakers. This guidance was drafted with the input of the Metropolitan Police, Crimestoppers, and the Institute of Conflict Management and Community Union.ABB members only operate single manning when a risk assessment has been undertaken. The guidance states that ‘Operators should only allow lone working once a risk assessment has been carried out and where there is evidence to show that lone working at a particular time of the day is safe’.

Betting Shops: Staff

Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on single manning in betting shops.

Tracey Crouch: I have not received any representations concerning single manning in betting shops.

Olympic Games 2012: North West

Mr Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the legacy of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games in the North West.

Tracey Crouch: Since 2012, Sport England has invested over £64 million of Lottery and Grant-in-Aid funding in projects in the North West to get more people playing sport.   Sport England’s Satellite Club programme brings community sport clubs into schools and colleges. In the North West over 1,000 Satellite Clubs have been set up, getting more than 46,000 young people playing sport.  Sportivate is Sport England’s Olympic and Paralympic Legacy programme which introduces young people to sport through a six week coaching course. In the North West, there have been over 5,000 projects with 77,000 young people completing their Sportivate course.  The delivery of London 2012 showed that the UK can successfully hold the biggest sporting events and has helped attract more major events to this country. Manchester is one of the most significant current hubs of major events activity in the UK – along with London and Glasgow. In the period 2013-19, a total of 9 UK Sport-supported major events have either been held or secured for the city, with around £1.4m of UK Sport investment generating an estimated £3.3m of economic impact.   The meta-evaluation of the impacts of London 2012, carried out for DCMS by an independent consortium led by Grant Thornton and published in July 2013, estimated that the net economic benefits to the North West region related to London 2012 over the period 2004 to 2020 would be between £1.77bn and £2.46bn (Gross Value Added at 2009 prices).

Air Traffic Control

Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is towards global frequency allocation from the International Telecommunications Union at the World Radiocommunication Conference in November 2015 for the support of satellite based automatic dependant surveillance broadcast.

Mr Edward Vaizey: Global tracking of aircraft is an important and complex issue and the Government believes that all options must be properly considered and evaluated. It is important that the World Radiocommunication Conference is able to consider this issue on the basis of a thorough analysis of the evidence. The Government is working closely with Ofcom, which represents the UK in international spectrum negotiations, and other stakeholders on this issue.

Sports: Expenditure

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on sport in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) East Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.

Tracey Crouch: Figures in the first three tables below (for Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and East Midlands) show Sport England direct investment in local projects in these areas only. The figures in the final table (for England) include additional money being spent on grassroots sports by national governing bodies and other national partners in which Sport England is investing to get more people playing sport across England. Ashfield awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment)Financial YearTotal (£)2010/201115,7482011/201213,4802012/201368,7922013/20142,3602014/201560,000Total 160,380 Nottinghamshire awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment)Financial YearTotal (£)2010/20111,399,5372011/20122,187,2922012/20132,551,0772013/20144,427,1692014/20153,712,752Total14,994,369 East Midlands awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment)Financial YearTotal (£)2010/20116,230,8472011/201210,221,7622012/201312,723,7932013/201410,780,2112014/201521,822,545Total 61,779,158 England total awards (both Exchequer and National Lottery investment, and all investment in National Governing Bodies)Financial YearTotal (£)2010/2011173,624,4162011/2012235,770,2842012/2013199,462,8282013/2014402,635,9022014/2015312,592,975Grand Total 1,324,086,405  These are the most up-to-date figures. Awards are updated each quarter with new commitments, decommitments and adjustments. Delivery postcodes are also, on occasion, updated to be more accurate. This is why there are differences in the figures for the PQ above and the answer given to PQ 169026 from Gloria De Piero MP of 8 October 2013.

Gaming Machines: Copeland

Mr Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many fixed-odds betting terminals there were in Copeland constituency in each of the last five years.

Tracey Crouch: A betting premises licence issued under the Gambling Act 2005 authorises its holder to make up to 4 gaming machines available for use. This entitlement is limited to gaming machines terminals which fall within sub-categories B2 (what we commonly think of when we refer to FOBTs), B3 and B4, and categories C and D. Industry data shows that the constituency of Copeland ha for all categories of gaming machines: 54 terminals in 201550 terminals in 201449 terminals in 201346 terminals in 2012  There are no figures for 2011.

Horse Racing: Prize Money

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the total prize money dispersed in horse racing in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of how much the betting industry has contributed to horse racing through (a) levy payments, (b) media rights and (c) sponsorship in each of the last five years.

Tracey Crouch: The total amount of prize money distributed in horseracing over the past 5 years is as follows:Calendar Year201020112012201320142015Amount (£m)98.9693.8997.78114.2123.2130.8 (estimate)Source: BHA Fact Book 2014 for 2010-2013 inclusive; BHA press notice of 14 January 2015 for 2014 and 2015Notes:a) Prize money comes from three main sources – the Levy Board, Racecourses (including sponsor contributions) and Owners (via entry fees).b) The sport of horseracing is organised by calendar year. Total yield in the past 5 financial years from betting operators via the Levy Board, comprising statutory Levy payments and contributions made voluntarily, is as follows:Financial Year2010/112011/122012/132013/142014/15Amount (£m)59.974.774.378.071.8Source: Horserace Betting Levy BoardNotes:a) Levy Schemes follow the financial year.b) Offshore remote operators do not pay Levy unless they choose to do so through voluntary arrangements. The Department holds no annual breakdowns of information about betting industry payments to racing by way of media rights. The Economic Impact of British Racing 2013 (Deloitte) notes that relevant media companies received a total income of £153m in 2012 compared with £104m in 2008 (p.12). After deducting media companies’ operating costs, £88m of this was paid to the racecourses in 2012 (2008: £57m).  The Department holds no annual breakdowns of information about betting industry payments to racing by way of sponsorship. The total amount of sponsorship received by racing in 2012, from all sources, amounted to £38.6m, of which £31m went to racecourses. 41% of sponsored races were sponsored by betting companies (up from 37% in 2005). The total prize money of those races was £31.8m, but not all of this can be attributed to contributions from the betting industry (The Economic Impact of British Racing 2013 p.44).

Department for Communities and Local Government

Families: Disadvantaged

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many and what proportion of families supported by the Troubled Families Programme have unemployed family members entered employment.

Greg Clark: Holding answer received on 16 July 2015



On 22 June 2015 we announced that local authorities had reported that 116,654 out of 117,910 families supported by the original troubled families programme had been ‘turned around’. Of these, 11,921 families had seen an adult come off out of work benefits and into employment.

Department for Culture Media and Sport

Football

Mr David Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had to discuss the role of local authorities in the future of grassroots football.

Tracey Crouch: On 7th July I met with Councillor Stephens from the Local Government Association and I am always open to engaging with local authority representatives on this important subject. Local authorities have a very important role in ensuring people from all backgrounds are able to participate in sport. They own or manage a large amount of sporting infrastructure in the country and have a responsibility to make sure that facilities and infrastructure are available and accessible. The Government, through Sport England, works closely with a wide range of local authorities, providing expert advice and funding to sustain and increase the number of people playing sport regularly.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Press

Mr Mark Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.

Mr Edward Vaizey: The Department purchases the following newspapers each week: Financial Times M-F x 3Times M-F X 3Daily Telegraph M-F X 4Independent M-F X 3Guardian M-F X 3Daily Mail M-F X 3Daily Express M-F X 3Daily Mirror M-F X 3Racing Post M-F X1Racing Post Saturday X 1Racing Post Sunday X 1Guardian Saturday X 1Financial Times Saturday X 1Independent-Saturday X 1Daily Mail Saturday X 1Daily Express Saturday X 1Sun Saturday X 1Times Saturday X 1Daily Mirror Sat X 1Daily Tele Saturday X 1Sunday Times X 1Sunday Telegraph X 1Independent on Sunday X 1Observer X 1Mail On Sunday X 1Sunday Express X 1Sunday Mirror X 1The Sun On Sunday X 1Spectator X 3New Statesman X 1Arts Review X 1  The total amount spent on newspapers for Financial Year 2014-15 was £9659.16

Broadband

Albert Owen: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to the economy of superfast broadband access.

Albert Owen: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to businesses of availability of superfast broadband across the UK.

Mr Edward Vaizey: The UK Broadband Impact Study - Impact Report (November 2013), an expert report by analysts SQW (with Cambridge Econometrics), estimated that the availability and take-up of faster broadband speeds since 2008 will add about £17 billion to the UK’s annual Gross Value Added (GVA) by 2024. This level of uplift contributes an average of 0.07 percentage points to real annual GVA growth over this period. It also demonstrated that the benefits will be shared across the UK, helping the rebalancing of our economy.

Local Broadcasting: Television

Chris Bryant: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local television stations were created between May 2010 and May 2015; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Edward Vaizey: Local televisions services started in November 2013 with the launch of Estuary TV in Grimsby. To date, Ofcom has awarded licenses to 34 local TV stations in two phases. 18 out of 19 Phase One stations have started broadcasting. The first of the Phase 2 stations is due to launch before the Autumn.

Television: Licensing

Chris Bryant: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is his policy to retain the BBC Licence fee (a) until 2020 and (b) for the entirety of the next Charter period.

Mr Edward Vaizey: I am aware of the range of opinions that have been expressed over the future of the licence fee. This is one of many issues which will need to be looked at as part of the Charter Review. I will make an announcement on the process for Charter Review in due course.